Storing Petabytes and Saving Millions: How UC Berkeley Researchers Rely on Cloudian for Flexible, Affordable Data Storage
Posted by Jon Toor on January 3, 2025

The University of California, Berkeley is renowned for cutting-edge research across a wide range of disciplines, from genomics and astronomy to social sciences and beyond. But groundbreaking research generates vast amounts of data – petabytes upon petabytes. Storing, accessing, and preserving that data is a critical challenge facing Berkeley’s research community. In the past, Berkeley … Read More

How Cloudian Object Storage and GPUDirect Work Together to Accelerate Data-Intensive Applications
Posted by Van Flowers on December 20, 2024

NVIDIA GPUDirect technology and Cloudian object storage are two powerful tools that, when combined, can dramatically enhance the performance of data-intensive applications. Let’s explore how these technologies work together to drive innovation and efficiency. What is Cloudian Object Storage? Cloudian is a leading provider of scalable object storage solutions, designed to handle massive amounts of … Read More

How Cloudian Certifies Compliance with SEC, FINRA, and CFTC Recordkeeping Regulations
Posted by Glenn Haley on December 13, 2024
In today’s heavily regulated financial landscape, institutions must adhere to stringent guidelines for storing and preserving electronic records. The SEC, FINRA, and CFTC mandate that records be maintained in a non-rewriteable, non-erasable format for the entirety of their retention period. Cloudian® HyperStore®, a scalable, S3-compatible object storage platform, has recently been rigorously reevaluated by Cohasset ... Read More

How Cloudian HyperStore Powers AI Workloads
Posted by Glenn Haley on December 12, 2024
As data continues to grow exponentially, driven by AI and machine learning demands, organizations require scalable storage optimized for real-time access and analysis. Cloudian’s evolution from backup and archive storage to a platform for AI infrastructure underscores object storage's adaptability to meet these changing needs. In a recent podcast with Twain Taylor at Amazic.com, I ... Read More

Cloudian Shatters AI Storage Barriers with Direct GPU-to-Object Storage Access
Posted by Jon Toor on November 18, 2024

In a landmark advancement for AI infrastructure, Cloudian has eliminated the traditional bottleneck between object storage and GPU computing. Working closely with NVIDIA, we’ve engineered the industry’s first GPUDirect for Object Storage solution—a breakthrough that enables GPUs to directly access object storage data through RDMA, completely bypassing both CPU overhead and HTTP protocol limitations. As … Read More

IDC Report on Cloud Repatriation: Why Companies Are Bringing Workloads Back On-Premises
Posted by Jon Toor on November 9, 2024

Cloud computing has long been touted as the solution to modern IT challenges, promising organizations enhanced scalability, flexibility, and cost savings. However, recent trends suggest that IT managers now find that a hybrid approach, that incorporates on-prem infrastructure, often better suits their needs. According to new research highlighted in IDC’s Cloud Pulse 4Q 2023 survey, … Read More

Lenovo and Cloudian Offer Game-Changing AI Data Lake Platform Powered by AMD
Posted by Jon Toor on November 5, 2024

In today’s AI-driven world, organizations face a growing challenge: managing and processing massive amounts of data efficiently while keeping power consumption in check. Lenovo and Cloudian have stepped up to address this challenge with a HyperStore-powered AI data lake platform, now generally available. Breaking Performance Barriers with Power Efficiency The solution combines Cloudian’s proven data … Read More

Cloudian Opts Out of Gartner MQ for File and Object Storage
Posted by Jon Toor on October 10, 2024

In early 2024, Cloudian made a strategic decision to opt out of the upcoming Gartner MQ for File and Object Storage. Our rationale to opt out was clear: the Gartner MQ increasingly diverges from the needs and priorities of our customers. Over recent years, this MQ has progressively emphasized file storage features while marginalizing the unique strengths … Read More

What is the S3 API?
Posted by Henry Golas on September 20, 2024
What is AWS S3? Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) is a scalable object storage service provided by AWS. It allows users to store and retrieve any amount of data at any time from anywhere on the web. S3 delivers high data durability and scales to trillions of objects. The service is commonly used for data ... Read More

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